Debian Security Advisory

DSA-016-3 wu-ftpd -- temp file creation and format string

Date Reported:

23 Jan 2001

Affected Packages:

wu-ftpd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 2189, BugTraq ID 2296.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0187.

More information:

Security people at WireX have noticed a temp file creation bug and the WU-FTPD development team has found a possible format string bug in wu-ftpd. Both could be remotely exploited, though no such exploit exists currently.

We recommend you upgrade your wu-ftpd package immediately.

Fixed in:

Debian 2.2 (potato)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2.diff.gz
alpha:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2_alpha.deb
arm:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2_arm.deb
i386:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2.1_i386.deb
m68k:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2_m68k.deb
powerpc:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2_powerpc.deb
sparc:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-5.2_sparc.deb